bởi
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "boi"
Vietnamese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓəːj˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓəːj˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓəːj˨˩˦]
Audio (Saigon): (file)
Conjunction
[edit]- (obsolete) from
- A Nan bởi ngôi mà dậy.
- Ānanda stands up from his seat.
- because
- Bởi chồng cờ bạc nên lòng không yêu.
- I don't love my husband because he gambles.
- Bởi vậy!
- I told you so!
Usage notes
[edit]- In modern written texts, especially texts translated from English, bởi is sometime used as indication of passive voice like English by (most likely originally propelled by phono-semantic matching). However this usage is never heard in daily speech.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
References
[edit]- "bởi" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)